VATICAN CITY — The first trial involving charges of sexual abuse inside the walls of Vatican City ended this week, with a prosecutor asking that one defendant, now a priest, be sentenced to six years in prison. said he was 13 when the abuse began, seven months younger than his fellow youth seminary resident who became Father Martinelli. Mr. Zannotti also asked that another priest who was on trial, the Rev. Enrico Radice, serve four years in prison, saying he had looked the other way while the sexual abuse against L.G. was taking place at the youth seminary.

Source: International New York Times July 16, 2021 20:26 UTC